My palms were slick with sweat as I sat in the immigration office in Kampala waiting to collect my work permit. On the road outside, the rumble of heavy traffic added to the anxiety buzzing in my ears. As a journalist, this routine and bureaucratic process is always tinged with uncertainty, especially as the Ugandan government clamps down more and more tightly on press freedom.
I had spent several weeks uploading documents. Clutching my passport, I thought about how much harder life has become for journalists here.
